Holding on to your risers like that is going to bite you someday….you can’t actively fly when you’re hanging on to your risers in rough air you can’t control collapses… probably best to refrain from making it a habit! Great footage!
@@hazardouspilot I just don’t like seeing people develop bad habits… no offense or disrespect at all. If you start watching paraglider fails and collapses here on TH-cam, quite often you’ll see the pilot has a bad tendency to hold onto the risers and most of the fails could have been prevented had they used active piloting.
@@coryturner9140 To be fair, when coastal flying, the air is coming off the sea and is extremely laminar and stable. Obviously, when flying elsewhere, 'active piloting' should be the 'norm'.
@@sailorman8668 agreed but it’s a bad habit. I watch a lot of paraglider crash videos and there seems to be a common theme, people hanging onto the risers instead of using their brakes for active flying….
I paraglide almost every day in summer, so from start of november to end of feb. Then it becomes a when the weather is nice and I have spare time hobby until next summer. Hopefully in the not too distance future I will travel the world and chase summers working remotely :) $7k Australian tends to be a good rough budget for courses and equipment to get you started if you are willing to use second hand equipment, which is very safe and advisable. Once you've got that it becomes a much cheaper sport, you get ~400hours of flying on a wing before it needs replacing and there' minimal other costs, fuel and club/site fees depending where you are situated and additional courses as you progress. If you're interested to check them out, all my flights are logged publicly online at on xcontest - www.xcontest.org/world/en/pilots/detail:Harryd
Hi Storyboard Man, this is in Queensland, Australia. It's a site called Carlo Sandblow in Rainbow Beach which is managed by the Sunshine Coast Sports Aviators paragliding club. It's a beautiful, big site and a great place to hone your skills close to the ground
I am from Colombia and I have been in the world of paragliding for a long time. But now I'm going to take the paragliding course, no longer in Colombia. if not in australia Can any academy recommend me? I'm going to live on the cold coast thank you
There are a couple of good options from the Gold Coast. You are very close to some of the best inland paragliding sites in Australia around Canungra, which is home to paraglidingqueensland (Phil Hystek) and paratechparagliding (Jason Turner). You also have a bunch of coastal sites and a school across the border in Northern Rivers byronparagliding (James Banner). I have dealt with and would personally endorse all of them for doing a license course :)
Hi Zaccy, yes, sometimes coastal soaring can get boring if you fly for hours and don't/can't do anything fun. However at Rainbow Beach you can proximity fly along the sand on Carlo Sand Blow, doing low turns and foot drags, try to touch your wing tip or drag your hand along the sand while you fly. You can practise different style top landings and height loss maneuvers, you can get heights and practise basic acro maneuvers over the water, you can go looking for whales, sharks, stingrays etc along the beach, so there is plenty to keep it exciting. I used to go every week to Rainbow Beach or Teewah Beach for a couple days and fly 3 hours+ per day. When it's windier you can also fly mini wings and speed wings there to mix it up and keep it exciting if you're a good enough pilot. Lately I am more interested in inland cross country paragliding, using thermals to gain altitude and fly as far as possible. Coastal soaring is great for getting paragliding hours up and learning to launch, handle and control the wing during flight before progressing to cross country (XC)
@@hazardouspilot Awesome mate I really appreciate your feedback learnt a lot! I was looking to get into kite surfing for a hobby but might consider this now cheers 😊
Hi B. In Australia you need to do 30 flights with an instructor in various conditions and show you have mastered some basic skills like launching and landing. Those flights may average ~5 minutes in which case it would be ~2.5 hours of flying but that would vary based on the opportunities you get during the course based on the sites and conditions when and where you learn :)
Shouldnt be holding them at any time. Bad habit. I think I've gotten rid of it now, I rest my hands on my C's now while I'm gliding if the arms need a rest
What a place!! Thanks for sharing this amazing footage..
Rainbow beach is definitely one of my favourite beaches to go to on holidays it’s just so beautiful
Holding on to your risers like that is going to bite you someday….you can’t actively fly when you’re hanging on to your risers in rough air you can’t control collapses… probably best to refrain from making it a habit! Great footage!
Cheers Cory. It was over 2 years ago before I started flying inland ;) I have had a bit of progress with my paragliding since then fortunately
@@hazardouspilot I just don’t like seeing people develop bad habits… no offense or disrespect at all. If you start watching paraglider fails and collapses here on TH-cam, quite often you’ll see the pilot has a bad tendency to hold onto the risers and most of the fails could have been prevented had they used active piloting.
@@coryturner9140 To be fair, when coastal flying, the air is coming off the sea and is extremely laminar and stable.
Obviously, when flying elsewhere, 'active piloting' should be the 'norm'.
@@sailorman8668 agreed but it’s a bad habit. I watch a lot of paraglider crash videos and there seems to be a common theme, people hanging onto the risers instead of using their brakes for active flying….
This is amazing ❤️❤️❤️😍😍🥰🥰🤩🥰🤩🥰😍🥰🥰😍🥰😍🥰🥰😍🥰🥰🤩🥰🤩🥰🥰🤩😍🥰🥰😍🥰😍🥰😍🥰😍. I loved and enjoyed
Need to ci.e back again there, it's wonderful! I wonder if they still have that bakery right nearby with creamy coconut pastries..
What a nice spot,and a good lift you have there 360 with soaren wooohh.
I'll be a paratrooper in the Finnish army, I can't wait to learn paragliding. When I leave the army I will do stuff like this 100%.
It's a fantastic sport for anyone who loves an adventure
@@hazardouspilot It's so unique! If you don't mind me asking, how often do you do it and how much money do you need for it?
I paraglide almost every day in summer, so from start of november to end of feb. Then it becomes a when the weather is nice and I have spare time hobby until next summer. Hopefully in the not too distance future I will travel the world and chase summers working remotely :) $7k Australian tends to be a good rough budget for courses and equipment to get you started if you are willing to use second hand equipment, which is very safe and advisable. Once you've got that it becomes a much cheaper sport, you get ~400hours of flying on a wing before it needs replacing and there' minimal other costs, fuel and club/site fees depending where you are situated and additional courses as you progress. If you're interested to check them out, all my flights are logged publicly online at on xcontest - www.xcontest.org/world/en/pilots/detail:Harryd
In other places like Qld, Aus, people fly cross country pretty regularly year round, although summer's still generally better
my favorite spot in QLD 💚 💛 ❤
Thx for sharing it, now I have one more thing on my bucket list!😂
Guys ,,this is an awesome place,, awesome video,,awesome flying ,,where are you guys ?
Hi Storyboard Man, this is in Queensland, Australia. It's a site called Carlo Sandblow in Rainbow Beach which is managed by the Sunshine Coast Sports Aviators paragliding club. It's a beautiful, big site and a great place to hone your skills close to the ground
What an awesome site!
I love this place, hope to go back there to fly 🪂🪂🪂
BEAUTIFUL VIEWS
good flight bro.
Barfeet ? Realy ?😁👍 Never see this befor !
I am from Colombia and I have been in the world of paragliding for a long time. But now I'm going to take the paragliding course, no longer in Colombia. if not in australia Can any academy recommend me? I'm going to live on the cold coast thank you
There are a couple of good options from the Gold Coast. You are very close to some of the best inland paragliding sites in Australia around Canungra, which is home to paraglidingqueensland (Phil Hystek) and paratechparagliding (Jason Turner). You also have a bunch of coastal sites and a school across the border in Northern Rivers byronparagliding (James Banner). I have dealt with and would personally endorse all of them for doing a license course :)
Does it get boring? How often would you go for a session and for how long at a time? Cheers looks fun!
Hi Zaccy, yes, sometimes coastal soaring can get boring if you fly for hours and don't/can't do anything fun. However at Rainbow Beach you can proximity fly along the sand on Carlo Sand Blow, doing low turns and foot drags, try to touch your wing tip or drag your hand along the sand while you fly. You can practise different style top landings and height loss maneuvers, you can get heights and practise basic acro maneuvers over the water, you can go looking for whales, sharks, stingrays etc along the beach, so there is plenty to keep it exciting. I used to go every week to Rainbow Beach or Teewah Beach for a couple days and fly 3 hours+ per day. When it's windier you can also fly mini wings and speed wings there to mix it up and keep it exciting if you're a good enough pilot. Lately I am more interested in inland cross country paragliding, using thermals to gain altitude and fly as far as possible. Coastal soaring is great for getting paragliding hours up and learning to launch, handle and control the wing during flight before progressing to cross country (XC)
@@hazardouspilot Awesome mate I really appreciate your feedback learnt a lot! I was looking to get into kite surfing for a hobby but might consider this now cheers 😊
@@zaccy6589 Do it!! The world opens up completely.
woow! einfach genial ! 😍
schaade, dass wir reiseverbot haben... 😔
Qual estado da Austráliaaaaa vc está voando??? Eu estou indo para Perth
This site is in Queensland, but I also fly in NSW and Victoria
Tô chegando em junho para estudar inglês, quero voar aí com vcs!! Meu nome é Rodrigo Mota
Thankyou, l was starting thinking that Australia didnt have paragliding,but we do. 😎
Wonderful!👍
UNBELIEVABLE STUFF NO MOTOR
nice flying site , i gotta go to queensland
Looks amazing experience! How many hours of training do you need to finish the course? To be able to do it as someone who's a beginner?
Hi B. In Australia you need to do 30 flights with an instructor in various conditions and show you have mastered some basic skills like launching and landing. Those flights may average ~5 minutes in which case it would be ~2.5 hours of flying but that would vary based on the opportunities you get during the course based on the sites and conditions when and where you learn :)
@@hazardouspilot I’m in Canada which’s the best weather! I will check, thank you very much! .
I actually learnt in Pemberton, Canada with Guy Herrington, highly recommend him if you're from BC
@@Joy-s3s6v the process to learn in BC was similar to what people do here in Aus
@@hazardouspilotinteresting! I’m here in Vancouver! I will start the course soon
Wow nice my dear
Shouldn’t be holding the risers during wingover
Agreed 😅
Shouldnt be holding them at any time. Bad habit. I think I've gotten rid of it now, I rest my hands on my C's now while I'm gliding if the arms need a rest
What an amazing place! Can't wait to fly there!
Wow! I want to fly there!
Wow that would be awesome fun 🤩
❤️
sou Vagner Brasil
Bonito lugar 👏👏👏
Fantastic👌👍
♥♥♥♥
Nice joob!
Becareful my dear
Ok QLD cool
My brother flys there